Benzthiazole-azo-(4-n-sulfopropyl)phenyl compounds

ABSTRACT

Acid dyes for natural and synthetic polyamide fibers and for cellulose acetate fibers having the structure:   WHEREIN R1 is an alkyl, benzyl, cyclohexyl, -CH2CH2OH,   R2 is -H, -alkyl, halogen, -O- alkyl or -NHCOR4; R3 represents -H, -alkyl, -O- alkyl or -NH-COR4; R4, as used in R2 and R3, represents -alkyl, -tolyl, -phenyl or -halophenyl; R5 is -H, -NO2, halogen, -SO2-alkyl, -alkyl and -O- alkyl; R6 is -H, -NO2, halogen and alkyl; and M is -H, -Na, -K, -Li or -NH4.

United States Patent Feeman BENZTHIAZOLE-AZO-(4-N-SULFO- PROPYL)PHENYL COMPOUNDS [75] Inventor: James F. Feeman, Wyomissing, Pa.

[73] Assignee: Crompton & Knowles Corporation, New York, NY.

[22] Filed: July 5, 1973 [21] App]. No.: 376,604

Related US. Application Data [63] Continuation-impart of Ser. Nos. 4,096, Jan. 17,

1970, abandoned, and Ser. No. 102,231, Dec. 28, I970. abandoned.

[52] US. Cl. 260/158, 260/465 D, 260/465 E,

260/481 R, 260/507 R, 260/508, 260/509 [5 l] Int. Cl. C09b 29/08, C09b 29/26 [58] Field of Search 260/158 [561 References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2.683.709 7/1954 Dickey ct ill 260/158 Primary IitaminerFloyd D. Higel Assislunl Ii.\'uminerC. F. Warren Attorney. Agent, or FirmSynnestvedt & Lechner [57] ABSTRACT Acid dyes for natural and synthetic polyamide fibers and for cellulose acetate fibers having the structure:

[ Mar. 11, 1975 wherein R, is an alkyl, benzyl, cyclohexyl, CH C- H20,

R,, as used in R, and R represents alkyl, -tolyl,

phenyl or halophenyl;

R is H, NO halogen, SO -alkyl, alkyl and O alkyl;

R,, is H, NO- halogen and alkyl; and

M is H, Na, K. -Li or NH,.

6 Claims, N0 Drawings BENZTHIAZOLE-AZO-(4-N-SULFOPROPYL)PHE- NYL COMPOUNDS In R, (Structure I) wherein R is an alkyl radical having from i to 8 carbon atoms, benzyl, cyclohexyl,

R is H, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogen,

O- alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or NH- C R O alkyl having I to 4 carbon atoms or N- R,,, as used in R and R represents alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, tolyl, phenyl or halophenyl;

R is H, NO halogen, SO -alkyl, alkyl and R is H, NO halogen and alkyl; and M is H, Na, K, Li or NH,.

These compounds are in general water-soluble acid dyes having a wide range of shades and exhibit good exhaustion from neutral to alkaline baths onto polyamides and onto secondary cellulose acetate rayon.

The Structure l compounds are made by diazotizing a 2-amino-benzothiazole and coupling the diazonium salt with an intermediate of Structure ll (below), and optionally converting the resulting reaction product to a desired salt form by appropriate acidification and/or neutralization.

The intermediates useful in producing the dyes of this invention have the formula:

R represents H, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, 4

wherein R R R and M have the same meaning as in Structure I; such intermediates can he produced by methods known in the are see Belgian Pat. No. 761,714. For reasons of economy a preferred subgroup of very useful intermediates include:

N-ethyl-N-(m-tolyl)-3-amino-propane sulfonic acid;

N-methyl-N-(m-tolyl)-3-aminopropane sulfonic acid;

N-ethyl-Nphenyl-B-amino-propane sulfonic acid;

N-methyl-N-phenyl-3-amino propane sulfonic acid and the various R, Na, Li and NH salts thereof Suitable 2-aminobenzothiazoles for use in making Structure l compounds in accordance with this invention include: 2-aminobenzothiazole, 2-amino-6- methylbenzothiazole, 2amino- 6-methoxybenz0thiazole, 2-amino-6- ethoxybenzothiazole, 2-aminoo-chlorobenzothiazolc, 2-amino-o-bromobenzothiazole, 2-amino-6-methyl-sulfonylbenzothiazole, 2-amino-4-nitro-o-methylsulfonylbenzothiazole, 2-amino-5,o-dichlorobenzothiazole, 2- amino-4,6-dinitrobenzothiazole, 2-amino-S-mcthyl-6- methylsulfonylbenzothiazole, etc.

Until now there has been a definite need for acid dyes having good solubility in water which could be applied to secondary cellulose acetate fibers to produce dyeings having good light-fastness and wetfastness. Conventional water-insoluble dispersed dyes which are in general use for dyeing cellulose acetate are notoriously lacking in fastness to washing and other wet treatments. Many previously available acid-dyes which dye cellulose acetate from salt baths are deficient in other respects. They lack affinity for the fiber, having poor lightfastness or are uneconomical because of high cost of manufacture or low tinctorial value.

The present invention, however, particularly those dyeing in blue, violet or red shades, overcome the deficiencies listed above, in that they are economical to manufacture, dye acetate rayon in bright, light to heavy depths of shade, have very good lightfastness, have good to excellent wetfastness properties, and have outstanding solubility in water.

In addition these dyes have been found commercially useful for dyeing and printing nylon fabrics to produce level, lightfast blue, violet and red shades; Their exceptionally good water-solubility combined with good lightfastness, neutral-alkaline affinity and level dyeing properties allow them to fill needs in the textile dyeing industry.

This unusual combination of properties, in particular the high water solubility plus good netural-alkaline affinity and pile-on to heavy depths of shade, exhibited by many of the compounds of this invention allows their use in applications where short dyezliquor ratios are required such as in jig and pad dyeing and in printing operations.

The compounds of this invention are usually formed as sodium salts of the sulfonic acid and they can be used as such or converted to the free sulfonic acid by treatment with an inorganic acid and the free acids can then be converted to various other salts such as Na, K, -l.i or Nll, by neutralization with a suitable hydroxide, carbonate or ammonia Although in the list olsuitable 2 5 aminobenzothiazoles the chloro derivatives are sometimes specified, there is no technical reason for not believing that other correspondingly structured halo derivatives, namely the Br, -F and l derivatives, (when available) would be operable and substitutable for the chloro derivatives specified. Similarly, in the Structure l definitions of R R R R R and R where the term halogen or halo is used, the intermediates for producing chloro derivatives are usually the most readily available and cheapest, however there is no technical reason for not believing that other correspondingly halo derivatives, namely the Br, F, and

l derivatives (when available) would be operable for the purposes of this invention.

Throughout the application (unless otherwise specified) where the term alkyl is used, it is intended to indicate an alkyl chain of any length that will not adversely influence the solubility of the dye, and particularly the lower alkyls having I to 5 carbons.

The following examples will serve to illustrate the preparation of representative dyes of this invention, the utilization of the dyes in the dyeing of polyamides and secondary cellulose acetate fibers, and the novel dyeings thereby produced.

In these examples, parts and percentages are by weight and temperatures are in degrees Centigrade, unless otherwise stated.

EXAMPLE I A solution of 4.9 g. of 2amino-6-nitrobenzothiazole in 50 ml. of 85% phosphoric acid was cooled with an ice-salt bath to to C. While keeping the temperature within these limits, 1.52 g. of sodium nitrite dissolved in 5 ml. of water was added during minutes, after which the mixture was stirred for an additional 75 minutes at about 5 C.

A solution of 8 g. of N-ethyl-N-(m-tolyl)3- aminopropane sulfonic acid (as the K salt) was dissolved in 50 ml. of cold water and 150 g. of ice was added. While stirring the diazonium salt solution in phosphoric acid was added to the coupler giving a precipitate of the monoazo dye. After 30 minutes the solid precipitate was filtered off. It was repasted in 50 ml. of water and the pH adjusted to 9-10 with 50% NoOH solution. The Na salt of the dye was filtered and dried. It is a dark colored solid which is soluble in water and dyes secondary cellulose acetate rayon from dyebaths containing sodium chloride, and nylon from acid, neutral or alkaline dyebaths in violet shades.

Further examples of dyes prepared by coupling various Z-aminobenzothiazoles with N-ethyl-N-(m-tolyl)- 3-aminopropane sulfonic acid according to the general procedures of Example 1 are listed in Table I'. These dyes have the general structure:

, 4 I claim: 1. A compound having the structure:

R5 s It.

H N=N @-1I1-eme1120112sout /\N/ R" R1 10 5 wherein R is alkyl having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms. benzyl, cyclohexyl,

cmcmou, Oll-CII2Ol1, Cll:Cl[Cll 0ll,

ClIgClIgCN, 0112c1n0o0cu=,, or (ulCuo-(:0Cm;

R is H, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, halogen,

O alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or NH- 4; R represents H, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, -O alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or N- H-COR R.,, as used in R and R represents alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, tolyl, phenyl or halophenyl; R is H, NO halogen, SO -alkyl, alkyl and O alkyl;

R is H, NO halogen and'alkyl; and M is H, Na, K, Li or NH.,. 2. A compound according to claim 1 having the structure:

R5 -N=N- 0 -r -tcln isonn cm Ru 3 structure:

3 t 1 C it, N=N -NCH on on so N1. z O

Kl II CH 1 2 a l R5 N N E 9:50AM

I 2 3 2l is it}. N /\N cm TABLE l Example Shade of Dyeing on No. Amine Diazotizcd and Coupled Acetate Rayon Nylon 66 2 Z-Aminohenzothiazole-6-methylbluish-red bluish-red sull'one 3 2Aminohcnzolhialole re l l'CLl -l 2-/\minoh-melhyl-henmthinlole red retl 5 2 AIlllliU-il-I11Ull'lflXy-llttllltllhlillflltf red retl o 2 Amino o-chloro-henzothiuzolc red red 7 2-/\Illll1U-5,(l-LllClllOl'U-hCHZO- violet violet lllliWUlC 4. A compound according to claim 1 having the X 6. A compound according to claim 1 having the R5 /N=N-@-1TI(CH:)3SO1M Structure:

CH: 10 /-\c 0 -N--(u,( u vmsum \N/ -ella 1m 5. A compound according to claim 1 having the structure; 5 4 

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